A few days ago, German optics manufacturer Schneider announced a new range of full-frame cine prime tilt lenses. This dynamic functionality allows for extended focusing possibilities and tweaking of the depth of field in your shots.
Introduced on January 27th, these new Xenon primes from Schneider are the world’s first full-frame Cine Primes tilt lenses. In terms of design, they are basically regular Schneider Xenon full frame primes, just with the added tilt function. If tilt is left at 0°, there is no loss of image quality or sharpness compared to standard Xenon primes.
Cine prime tilt test shot – Schneider optics
You can tilt the lens element by ±4° while maintaining the field of view. It will be possible to achieve shots with unique focus and depth of field, such as the one you can see above.
The tilt is controlled via a standard ring with 120° of rotation that’s operated just like the focus ring. Due to the use of common 0.8 module gear pitch, the Cine prime tilt lenses are compatible with standard follow-focus systems.
These focal lengths that will be available from launch are:
25mm T2.1
35mm T2.1
50mm T2.1
75mm T2.1
100mm T2.1
The Cine prime tilt lenses will be available this spring either individually or as a set, and for now only in Sony E-Mount.
Will you be tilting and shifting come this spring? Let us know in the comments below!